Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 85

[May 1, 2168]
[Mt. Fuji Joint-Species Research Centre]
[Mt. Fuji]
[Honshu Island, Japan]
[Japanese Mainland]

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Deep within the hollowed-out interior of Mt. Fuji, Bilusaludo engineers and a few Human and Synthetic support staff are running tests on Kiryu; the metal dragon is currently being held in a holding bay. Unlike a day earlier where it looked like a straight metallic version of a Godzillasaur, its appearance has started to change; its previously smooth hull plating on its arms and legs has started to take on a jagged appearance that resembled unfused metal sheets in aesthetic.

The mechanical being's dorsal plates that served as conduits to channel energy from its power core have also started to shift into more basic pentagonal shapes constructed of unevenly sized angular metal pieces. These uniquely constructed areas of Kiryu's body occasionally flicker and spasm, briefly entering a semi-liquid state before returning to their original shaping.

On a catwalk situated near the front of the hangar that Mechagodzilla Mark III is residing in, the heads of the Mechagodzilla project go over recent test results and discuss the implications of this data.


(Cmdr. Galu-gu): See here? Those aren't glitches, but intentional design changes. These newly converted Nanometal plates serve no functional purpose yet, but Kiryu is running its own simulations to predict as many potential needs as possible.

(Gnl. Dolu-do): Intriguing. Rather than focusing on specific tools, the Nanometal intelligence is generalizing, keeping its structures in a state of flux so as to quickly adapt to changing environmental conditions. It's quite similar to that Warmonger's own adaptable equipment constructor.


While the 2 senior members of the Bilusaludo hegemony continue to gush over the new innovations that Kiryu's Nanometal is bringing forth, they fail to take notice of alerts sounding off across the hangar bay. It's not until one of the Synthetic engineers runs up to them and starts trying to physically get their attention that they realize the hangar-wide alert.


(Gnl. Dolu-do): What is it? What's going on? Are we under attack?

(Engineer): No idea, sirs! The alarms just started sounding off on their own, and the whole area is being locked down!

(Gnl. Dolu-do): Get on it, then! I want this lockdown lifted!


A beeping signal from the general's arm computer sounds off, prompting him to open a holographic display. The signal seems to be coming from a communications request; General Dolu-do and Commander Galu-gu look at each other briefly before opening the channel. The COMMS line seems to be text-only on the other end and says nothing at first, causing the general some small annoyance.


(General Dolu-do): Identify, unknown entity!

(Mechagodzilla): HEAVY MASS NANOMETAL MECHAGODZILLA PROTOTYPE, ZALU-ZI TYPE 1 MODIFIED "DEIDE".

(General Dolu-do): Really? State your purpose for this communication.

(Mechagodzilla): STATION HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR EXPERIMENT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. REQUESTING PERMISSION TO BEGIN FULL BODY NANOMETAL CONVERSION AND STRUCTURAL RESHAPING.


For a brief moment, the 2 Bilusaludo military and research officers consider the prospects of permitting the Nanometal A.I. to conduct an experiment on itself. Eventually, General Dolu-do types in his response, silently confirming his allowance of this self-directed retrofitting operation. While the A.I. doesn't respond through the communications line, the Kiryu frame seems to nod in response to being granted permission to reconstruct itself.

At first, the hangar bay is silent; Kiryu seems to be completely inactive. All of a sudden, its whole mechanical body begins to shake and convulse. Every part of its massive frame begins to deform and contract between solid and semi-liquid state, appearing to almost flow like the wavelengths in an audio frequency reader in an uneven fashion. Eventually, the erratic movements of its deforming body parts slow down, settling into a newly formed body frame that is quite different from every other iteration of Mechagodzilla before it.

The emergency lockdown is lifted soon after it completes its transformation.

While the personnel begin to relax and return to their usual posts, the new Mechagodzilla is anything but relaxed.

Streaks of Nanometal start to snake their way out from beneath the jagged mechanical doppelganger's feet, overtaking and converting every inch of the Titanium-S interior of the hangar bay into more Nanometal that also begins transforming material it comes into contact with, exponentially increasing the conversion process with every passing second. All the Human and Synthetic staff start fleeing the area in an attempt to avoid being consumed by the tide of growing nanomachines, though the Bilusaludo remain rooted in their places; they seem to be in awe as Mechagodzilla grows out its Nanometal influence.

Despite their fears of being consumed, the Nanometal harmlessly passes by the Humans and Synthetics as it continues to spread and convert the entire facility into more of itself. This process continues for another half-hour, resulting in the entirety of Mt. Fuji becoming one with the Nanometal. Soon after this, Mechagodzilla's "eyes" light up a deep pink; crimson streaks of light snake their out from the back of its head and across the Nanometal surfaces, lighting up the interior and exterior of the joint-species research centre in red.


(Mechagodzilla): [COMMS] FULL BODY NANOMETAL CONVERSION AND STRUCTURAL RESHAPING COMPLETE. AWAITING ORDERS.

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Mechagodzilla

[Height]: 200 metres
[Length]: 400 metres
[Weight]: 480,000 tons (Main Body); Variable (Converted Environment)

[Appearance]: Basic physical posture and shape resembles classic Godzillasaur form albeit with more theropod-styled legs; entire body is coated in angular and jagged Nanometal plates layered in a non-uniform fashion; large spikes and shearing plates jutting out out from every part of the body; dorsal plates resemble angular propellor blades and solar panels more than rock or maple-leaves like those of a Godzillasaur; rectangular feet that have spikes jutting out to the sides and a spike poking out of the end of the heel; arms are shaped more like primitive robotic claw arms; head is flattened and angular, with 2 prongs on either side of where its mouth would be and multiple spikes protruding outwards from the edges around its head that give the appearance of a crest when its flattened face is looked at straight

[Observed Characteristics]: Entire body can deform and reconfigure into Nanometal weaponry and equipment; hull plates can create temporary reflective surfaces with laminate diffusion shaping to deflect moderate levels of energy attacks or melee strikes in an instant; can emit thermal buffer particulates that can diffuse and deflect high levels of energy attacks to a greater degree than personal plating; can deform head to create a channel for a powerful Convergent Neutron Cannon; can straighten out length of body horizontally to activate blade launcher; can deform claws into hardened Hyper Lances with immense penetrating force that can inject targets with Nanometal; can take flight with plasma boosters in its feet and back; can convert environmental surroundings into Nanometal that it has total control over, including weapons and structural construction & sources of main body repair/parts replacement; remarkable strategic and logistical adaptability and planning; somewhat lackluster melee capabilities